sputter

Derek Scissors, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, said the move could also be Beijing issuing a warning to investors looking to put their capital elsewhere as the country’s economy continues to sputter.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

And when they do, the room will sputter, “Wait, how did this not get a single Oscar nomination?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

To challenge that, he made Clark Kent a nerd, hunching his shoulders, making him sputter with nervousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

Detroit, which can sputter offensively, controls this one with tempo and physicality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025

High above I saw the small flame sputter into light.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Thankfully, there are a few moments when the album sputters into life.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

But as the red-hot chip-stock rally sputters, even the biggest bulls are wondering how much longer the latest leg of the AI frenzy can last and where money might go as it fades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Small-cap companies tend to have weaker balance sheets, higher debt loads and can become more vulnerable to defaults than major corporations if the economy sputters.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026

A street market in a Buenos Aires working-class neighborhood bustles with desperate Argentines who have taken to hawking their belongings to make ends meet as the economy sputters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

“Well,” Shay sputters, “if you had an unlimited amount of money, you could buy the medicine, right?”

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The investigation sputtered for decades because of a lack of evidence, but the case was revived when Davis's memoirs were published in 2019.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Then performance sputtered during the tech bubble and he told clients he was shutting down in March 2000, the bubble’s exact peak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

While Hernández found contact on each of his at-bats, the rest of the team sputtered through six innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Throughout the year, several high-profile OpenAI commitments have sputtered, thanks to the company’s newfound frugality as well as an increasing sense of dissatisfaction from its business pals.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

Coal sputtered as his mind raced with worry.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Friday’s figures provided an initial look at the world’s second-largest economy heading into the third quarter, following official data that showed growth sputtering in the April-June period amid a pullback in government and private spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

"We directly introduced dislocations in CoAl during sputtering deposition," Zhang said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

But Jerry wants in his sputtering way to make amends to his brother for the cruel things he did to him when they were younger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

China’s economy has been sputtering for a years, with consumers especially reluctant to spend, hurting some of those companies.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

Brigit stared back at her, sputtering and all red.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton